Clothes-washing machine.



M.,/ HEDGLON.

CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IIL'ED APR.15, 1912.

1,1 14,261. Patented 0013.20, 1914.,

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WITNESSES M. HEDGLON. CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION YILED APR.15,1912. 1 1 14,261 Patented 0ct.20,1914

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IV TN 3 s, 2i; WVTOR ATTORNEY.

MEAD LHEDGLON. OF SYRACUSE, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VICTORIA A. DREYFUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. v

CLOTHES-WASHING MIACHINE.

To all 10. mm it may concern Be it known that I, Mean HnoeLoN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothcs-Vdashing Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in clothes washing machines adapted to be used in connection with any wash tub, vat or other receptacle of sullicieut to receive it together with the clothes and a suitable quantity of washing fluid as water, and while it is adapted to be supported and operated by hand independently of attachment to the tub or vat, it may be operated in any suitable manner within the scope of the appended claims.

The main object, therefore, is to provide a. simple, compact and ellicicut washing device capable of being inaimfactured at a comparatively low cost and used in connection with any of the ordinary tubs or laundry traysnow in common use without any additions or alterations thereto.

Another object to enable the washing to be carried on continuously with a minimum degree of power without loss motion or waste of such power and at the Sametime permitting the entire device to beshifted from one position to another within the receptacle or entirely removed therefrom when necessary.

A nether object is to provide simple means for operating the cups orv dashers successively or alternately by reverse rocking movements of the operating member.

A still further object is to enable the buckets or dashers to adjust themselves to difi erent angles to conform to ditterent contours of the sin-face of the clothes operated upon, thereby assuring the highest degree of efficiency in forcing or drawing the water through the fabric.

Another object is to provide means for discharging the air from the interior of the bucketsor dashers on the down-stroke so as to allow the water to pass more readily through the fabric under compression and at the'samc time providing for the closing of the vent on the Liptroke of each dashcr'to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1912.

supporting trunnions.

l 'ntented Got. 2t). 1914.. an No. 690,888.

produce sullirient vacuum to draw the water from the underside through the fabric.

()ther objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in the following description:

in the dinnings-Figures 1 and 2 are respectivel".a top plan and a side elevation of my improved washing machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same machine with the operating member tilted to depress one bucket and simultaneously elevate the other bucket, Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan of the central portion of one of the buckets sup: porting straps or brackets, showing more pmticularly the pivotal studs or trunnions for connecting the links between said brackcts and also showing by dotted lines the, air vent. Fig. 5 is a. transverse vertical sectional view through one of the dashcrs showing the valved air vent and sockets for receiving the As shown in the olrrnvings this washing device comprises a pair of inverted conical cups. buckets or dashers 1-- pivotally mounted side by side upon a yoke or head -2- and having their upper ends flexibly connected. by one or more in this instance two) links the central portion of the yoke or head 2 being arched upwardly provided with an upwardly projecting handie or operating member 1 which together with the head --2- constitutes a rocking frame or lever pivoted to both of the dashers said yoke being composed of similar sections arranged side by side and having their ends pivoted to o posito sides of the intermediate portions of the dashers' and their central portions rigidly secured to opposite faces of the lower end of the handle. For this purpose each bucketis provided with a reinforcing strap or brace 5 extending across the apex and downwardly along diametrically opposite sides thereof and secured thereto by suitable fastening means as rivets -6.

. The opposite orlower ends of each bracket areprovided with horizontal sockets 7 disposed substantially Inidy' y between the lower and upper ends of the dasher for receiving pivotal studs or trunnions 8--- on the lower ends of the yoke 2-, whereby the inverted cups or buckets are centrally pivoted to'the frame with their apexes uppermost, These buckets are preferably made of sheet metal and hollow from their bases to their apcxes, their lower edges bein preferably rolled inwardly and upwartly at 9- as shown more clearly in Fig. 5 for reinforcement and also to aiford a smooth contact surface for the clothes Without liability of injury thereto, the lower edge of each cup or dasher being disposed at substantially right angles to its axis.

The upper .cnd or apex of each cup or dasher is provided with an opening for receiving a hollow central hub -10 on the upper end of the brace, said hub being provided with a central valve chamber 11-. for receiving a puppet valve 12 which closes by gravity against a suitable seat on the outer end of the air passage l3 This hub is also provided with laterally projecting diametrically opposite pivotal studs/pr trunnions 14, for the reception of thee djacent ends of the links 3- which are apertured for this purpose, these pivotal connections being located at the apex of the caps or dashers and therefore some distance above the pivotal studs 8- by which the cups are connected to the head 2. These links extend transversely of the axis of the operating member -4-- through the intervening space between opposite sides of the head or rather between said sides and corresponding sides of the adjacent portion of the handle 4- with suflicient. clearance to. permit the links to operate freely and without friction with said head or handle. The object of these links is to cause-the cups or dashers to move in unison and in substantial vertically parallel planes when the Washing device is in action with one of the cups resting upon the surface of the clothes.

The handle 'lmay be of any desired length sutlicient to permit an easy rocking action of the frame or head 2 upon one or the other of the fulcrums -8 during the washing operation and as previously intimated, it is rigidly secured to said head preferably at points above and below the plane of the links 3 so as to strengthen its connection with said head.

It is now apparent that when the device as a whole is placed in a laundry tub or vat so as to rest upon the surface of the clothes therein, the frame -2 may be rocked by its handle -4 in-either direction about the axis of either of the fulcrums -8-, thereby raising and lowering the dasher carried by the opposite pivotal fulcrum so that by rocking said frame, the cups or dasher-s will be. alternately raised and lowcred into and out of contact with the clothes.

As each dasher is successively brought into cont-act with the clothes or. Washing fluid, there is a tendency to trap the air in the upper portions thereof but this rented by the vent opening -13 and m we 12- which has sufiicicnt opening luuYQ- ment to allow the air to escape through the ends of the valve chamber -11 the latter being open to atmosphere. This allows the water to be forced up into the interiors of each cup as it is press-ed downwardly and firmly against the clothes, thereby causing the washing fluid to more readily pass through the fabric from the underside. During this pressure of one of the dashers against the clothes, the other dasher is be ing lifted therefrom causing its valve -12 to close to cut off the entrance of air through the passage -13- so that as the dasher rises a partial vacuum is formed therein tending to produce a certain degree of suction to draw the Washing fluid through the fabric. From this action, it will be seen that the washing fluid is forced through the fabric on both the downward and upward stroke of each dasher, thereby thoroughly and expeditiously removing the dirt therefrom, leaving the clothes in a thoroughly cleansed condition after a relatively small number of operations.

As shown in Fig. 3, the cups or dashers are disposed with their lower edges in a substantially horizontal position but it is evident that they will readily conform to any irregularities in the general contour of the surface of the clothesfor the reason that they are free to tilt upon the trunnion 8-.

In operation after the clothes and washing fluid has been placed in the laundry tub or vat, the washing device is placed therein with the lower edges of the dashers resting upon the clothes and by operating the. handle 4-- and its frame -2'-- backward and forward, the dashers will be alternately brought into contact with and removed from the clothes, the resistance produced by suction of the raising dasher serving to increase the pressure with which the other dasher is compressed against other portions of the clothes and by repeating this operation a few times. the clothes will be thoroughly cleansed after which the entire device may be removed from the vat leaving the entire area thereof accessible for removing the cleansed laundry and replacing other clothes to be washed.

What I claim is:

1. A clothes washing device comprising a pair of conical dashers, a yoke pivotally connected to the sides ofthe dashers'at points between their bases and apexes, a.

a pairofdashers spaceda lpart side by side, In .witness whereof I have hereunto set a yoke having its 'ends p1votall'y'qonncted my hand on thisllth day of- April1912; [to said dashers infiermedlate their ends and j MEAD HWDGLON havin its cntral portion, arched upwardly, 4

5 a ver ical handle secured to the center of Witnesses:

the'yoke, and a link pivotefl to .the upper E. CHAsE, ends of the dashe'rs; r E. S.- TUCKER, 

